National Moth Night in Sussex - Broadcasting Live via Twitter

[Michael Blencowe]

If you thought Twitter was only used by 13-year old girls, self-obsessives and Stephen Fry then you'll be pleased to know we've actually found a proper use for it.

 

This year's National Moth Night will be held this Friday and Saturday night with a target this year of migrant moths. Members of the Sussex Moth Group will be running a number of traps across the county - but you wont need a wooly hat and a torch to join in on the moth action. On Friday night, through the miracle of modern technology, Michael Blencowe (in the middle of the Pevensey Marshes), Steve Teale (high on the cliffs of Newhaven) and Steve Wheatley (on the coast at Rye) will be keeping you up to date with the moth news as it happens by sending their sightings via SMS to Twitter.

 

I've no idea what it means either - but I do know that if you go to www.twitter.com and enter #NMN09 in the search box you can access news of what's happening at each site which will be updated regularly throughout the evening.

 

And if it all goes according to plan we'll do it again on Saturday night when Steve Teale will be on some vegetated shingle, Ralph Hobbs will be at Powdermill Woods and Michael Blencowe will be sat on his own on the edge of The English Channel.

 

We've got the technology - now all we need is 100% cloud cover and a ridge of high pressure over The Azores.

 

Michael Blencowe

Sussex Moth Group

 

 

 

 

[charlesroper]

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Given that I’ve been ‘using’ Twitter for well over a year now, and given that I am neither Stephen Fry nor a 13-year old girl (last time I checked), I fear for my options.

 

Great idea, though – I knew the world of biological recording would come up with a neat use for Twitter eventually. I’ll be following along from some device or other, wherever that may be.

 

I see National Moth Night news has already started flow in: http://twitter.com/#search?q=NMN09

 

Charles

http://twitter.com/SxBRC

http://twitter.com/charlesroper

 

 

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If you thought Twitter was only used by 13-year old girls, self-obsessives and Stephen Fry then you'll be pleased to know we've actually found a proper use for it.

 

This year's National Moth Night will be held this Friday and Saturday night with a target this year of migrant moths. Members of the Sussex Moth Group will be running a number of traps across the county - but you wont need a wooly hat and a torch to join in on the moth action. On Friday night, through the miracle of modern technology, Michael Blencowe (in the middle of the Pevensey Marshes), Steve Teale (high on the cliffs of Newhaven) and Steve Wheatley (on the coast at Rye) will be keeping you up to date with the moth news as it happens by sending their sightings via SMS to Twitter.

 

I've no idea what it means either - but I do know that if you go to www.twitter.com and enter #NMN09 in the search box you can access news of what's happening at each site which will be updated regularly throughout the evening.

 

And if it all goes according to plan we'll do it again on Saturday night when Steve Teale will be on some vegetated shingle, Ralph Hobbs will be at Powdermill Woods and Michael Blencowe will be sat on his own on the edge of The English Channel.

 

We've got the technology - now all we need is 100% cloud cover and a ridge of high pressure over The Azores.

 

Michael Blencowe

Sussex Moth Group

 

 

 

 

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